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ArticlePlant & cell physiology2019

Zinc Finger Artificial Transcription Factor-Mediated Chloroplast Genome Interrogation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Niels van Tol, Gema Flores Andaluz, Hendrika A C F Leeggangers, M Reza Roushan, Paul J J Hooykaas, Bert J van der Zaal

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Article in Plant & cell physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Niels van TolInstitute of Biology Leiden, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, BE, The Netherlands.
Gema Flores AndaluzInstitute of Biology Leiden, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, BE, The Netherlands.
Hendrika A C F LeeggangersInstitute of Biology Leiden, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, BE, The Netherlands.
M Reza RoushanInstitute of Biology Leiden, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, BE, The Netherlands.
Paul J J HooykaasInstitute of Biology Leiden, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, BE, The Netherlands.
Bert J van der ZaalInstitute of Biology Leiden, Faculty of Science, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, Leiden, BE, The Netherlands.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The large majority of core photosynthesis proteins in plants are encoded by nuclear genes, but a small portion have been retained in the plastid genome. These plastid-encoded chloroplast proteins fulfill essential roles in the process of photochemistry. Here, we report the use of nuclear-encoded, chloroplast-targeted zinc finger artificial transcription factors (ZF-ATFs) with effector domains of prokaryotic origin to modulate the expression of chloroplast genes, and to enhance the photochemical activity and growth characteristics of Arabidopsis thaliana plants. This technique was named chloroplast genome interrogation. Using this novel approach, we obtained evidence that ZF-ATFs can indeed be translocated to chloroplasts of Arabidopsis plants, can modulate their growth and operating light use efficiency of PSII, and finally can induce statistically significant changes in the expression levels of several chloroplast genes. Our data suggest that the distortion of chloroplast gene expression might be a feasible approach to manipulate the efficiency of photosynthesis in plants.

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Genome, ChloroplastZinc FingersArabidopsisChloroplast ProteinsChloroplastsGene EditingGenes, SyntheticTranscription FactorsChloroplast ProteinsTranscription FactorsArabidopsisArtificial transcription factorsChloroplastsPhotosynthesisPSIIZinc fingers

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